CULTURE AND SPORT

Former Arsenal F.C winger Freddie Ljungberg arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on June 3 as the club’s global ambassador.

A beauty contest which was part of the 2013 Nha Trang Sea Festival was forced to cancel their final night for violating government regulations.

A documentary film on Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxin victims will compete for a prize at the New York City International Film Festival 2013, scheduled for June 13-20.

Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism decided to fine musician Ngoc Dai VND30 million for illegally issuing and distributing CD.

Nearly 200 documents and maps affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos are currently on display in the central province of Ha Tinh.

The Rainforest Challenge - Vietnam Challenge-Ha Long 2013 kicked off in Tuan Chau Resort, Ha Long city, northern Quang Ninh province on June 1.

Director Charlie Nguyen is set to surprise cinema audiences once again with his next choice of project, which is being billed as Vietnam's first road trip comedy.

Works of artists from Indochina Fine Arts College's first generation will be brought to Vietnam by collector Nguyen Minh.

Vietnamese war films are failing to find audiences due to their unrealistic portrayals of recent conflicts in the nation’s history.

The fifth European-Vietnamese Documentary Film Festival will take place in Hanoi from June 5-14 and Ho Chi Minh City from June 10-29.

Nguyen Thi Thanh Phuc will be Vietnam's sole representative at the World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia, this August.

A total of 365 children from different ethnic groups and countries will paint a record-breaking canvas to send a historic message as part of the activities to celebrate International Children's Day in Hanoi on June 1.

Artist Thanh Chuong, who built a large compound on forestland in Hanoi's Soc Son District to preserve cultural values, plans to find a successor.

A sexually graphic lesbian love story, "Blue is the Warmest Colour" by French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche, clinched the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in a pivotal year for gay rights.

A painting by a Vietnamese artist that was initially valued at just USD75 sold for USD390,000 in an auction in Hong Kong.

Singer-actress Yen Trang and her partner Tisho won the trophy of the Dancing with the Stars Vietnam 2013 in the final round on May 25.

Many Vietnamese films have focused on exploiting violent scenes with many of them being warned by state management agencies to tone down their explicitness.

The organiser and 13 models of a recent fashion show in HCM City will face fines due to an illegal lingerie performance, an official said.

The VFF has decided to delay its congress to until October due to mistakes in the recent vote for the organisation’s executive board.